Record of the day… Cubic & Checo Zak / Horizons
Artist: Cubik & Checo Zac
Title: Horizons (inc. Arco & Ian Metty mixes) Label: Deepwave Records
Release: 12th October 2015
Cat. No. DWR014
Ian Metty’s three year old and perfectly formed Deepwave label is back for release number fourteen, and it is a fine collaborative affair that sees Cubik & Checo Zac hook up for one original, whilst Metty and Arco both remix.
Cubik & Checo Zac is a Prague based pair that have been cooking up club beats since the late nineties. They are also well travelled DJs and have experience of playing live, too. All these experiences feed into their music as do cues from the likes of Todd Terry and Underworld.
Up first is the original version of ‘Horizons.’ It is a deep, spacious track with smeared synths and incidental chords that lend the track a woozy, intoxicating feeling. Musical as well as functional, it gets finished with some female vocals coos for a touch of sex appeal and the end result is truly absorbing.
First to remix is Arco, an experienced DJ who’s held residences around Europe and has been releasing house funk on labels like Candy Music since 2008. Here he reworks the track into a heavier, more physical and dubbed out deep house cut. With stiff hits, icy, loose hi hats and coal-faced kicks, the track really gets you moving as it offers up trippy synths and colourful chords.
Then it is to label boss Ian Metty and his brilliant final remix. In his experienced hands the original becomes a radiant, feel good bit of deep house with exquisitely soulful chords glowing bright as they shoot out from the middle of the cuddly groove.
This is charming house music for classy dance floors, and no mistake.
Tracklist:
1. Original Mix
2. Arco Remix
3. Ian Metty Version
Describe the record in five words.
Deep, moody diverse clubby tracks
What is it about this record that will appeal to the fans?
We hope that fans will feel the vibe of quite original sound of the original and remixes.
How does it differ from your last release?
Our previous tracks are more happy, easy going (https://soundcloud.com/cubikchecozac in case you are interested). This is quite different, moody and has a bit of techy beats.
What was the inspiration for this release?
Our inspiration was clear, we have just bought Elektron Analog Four recently , so we played around with sounds and track was born.
If you had the chance to play this in any club, which would it be?
We have played it few times already and the response was great, original has strong driven bass and a bit techy beats so it’s almost peak time track as well as Arco’s remix which is dubby hypnotic. Ian Metty’s remix is versatile and with more light, so you can play it whenever you want to. So any club which appreciates good deep house.
Link for teaser – https://soundcloud.com/deepwaverecordsuk/cubik-checo-zac-horizons-incl-arco-ian-metty-remixes-teaser
